Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? (Tribe) (Place)

1. A

   Pygmy – Congo basin

   (a) Pygmy – Congo basin. Mbuti and related pygmy groups inhabit the Congo rainforest. The pair is correctly matched, so it is not the answer to a ‘NOT matched’ stem.

2. B

   Angami – Nagaland

   (b) Angami – Nagaland. Angami Naga are a major Naga tribe of Kohima and adjoining hills. The pair stands.

3. C

   Ainu – Japan

   (c) Ainu – Japan. The Ainu are the indigenous people of Hokkaido (and historically Sakhalin). The pair stands.

4. D

   Khirghiz – Sudan

   (d) Khirghiz – Sudan. Kirghiz/Kyrgyz are a Turkic people of the Tien Shan–Pamir steppe (Kyrgyzstan and neighbours), not of Sudan. This is the unmatched pair and the official key.

Summary. Official key is (d) Khirghiz – Sudan. Pygmies belong to the Congo basin, Angami to Nagaland, Ainu to Japan. Kirghiz are Central Asian, not Sudanese; Sudan’s textbook pastoral names are Baggara, Kababish and similar. Honour the stored letter (d).